Is it possible to re-localise food production and consumption? ‘Old’ market destinations are losing out in favour of new emerging markets. From being simple ‘policy takers’ developing and emerging economy countries are gaining sovereignty and becoming ‘policy makers’...

Planned to be organized annually, the “Food Supply Chain Forum” will be held for the first time in Turkey (Istanbul, 3-4 December 2015). As advertised, the Forum intends to present “viable” and rational solutions for the food sector which will contribute to reduce...

The Quaker UN Office has published a paper (REALIZING THE RIGHT TO FOOD IN AN ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE – THE IMPORTANCE OF SMALL-SCALE FARMERS) that identifies industrial agriculture as a major contributor to climate change (30-35% of global greenhouse gas...

Over the 2000s’, consumers’ food purchases have been increasingly informed by supply chain-related issues, with growing concerns about the sustainability of chains differing for their geographical scope. As a result, short food supply chains and local food systems...

The Milan EXPO “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life” is the major annual world event on food & agriculture. GLAMUR has organized a conference in the European Union Pavilion to discuss the multidimensional performance assessment for global and local food value...

The advice consists of nine recommendations centering on the following themes: fruit and vegetables, fish and shellfish, exercise, whole grain, fats, dairy, meat, salt and sugar. Balancing intake and expenditure. The English version of the advice is...

Greenpeace has published its Food and Farming Vision. The report describes what Ecological Farming means, and how it can be summarised in seven overarching, interdependent principles. As stated in the introduction “it is a vision of sustainability, equity and...

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